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THREADS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE...



                                                                 The picture on the left
                                                                 shows the capturing
                                                                 thread of an ecribellate
                                                                 spider, such as A.
                                                                 diadematus, magnified
                                                                 100 times. The aqueous
                                                                 coat which gives the
                                                                 thread its sticky quality is
                                                                 seen here as minute
                                                                 droplets. In the second
                                                                 picture, magnified 300
                                                                 times, are seen rolled
                                                                 threads like cable balls.
                                                                 Surface tension within
                                                                 each drop causes core
                                                                 fibers to bunch up,
                                                                 creating a windlass
                                                                 system, shown in its
                                                                 contracted state. Under
                                                                 pressure the system
                                                                 relaxes and the thread can
                                                                 stretch to a great extent.


        As will be seen from the 200 times
        magnified picture on the right, this
       dry thread (cribellate spider thread)
         is formed by the coming together
         of hundreds of micro dry threads.
            These silks are already sticky
        without being coated in any liquid.
       The stickiness comes about thanks
            to the combing operation the
        spider employs when spinning its
       silk. This operation, done through a
          fine comb located on the shin of
        the hind leg, enlarges the threads.
        This swelling up can be seen only
        under 1000 time magnification and
       the elecrostatic effect created gives
        the thread its trapping quality. It is
           not possible for these flawless
         properties to have come about as
         the result of coincidences, as the
          evolutionists claim. God created
             the spider, together with this
                     wonderful system.
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